Flossmoor Station Bourbon Barrel-Aged Hi-Fi Rye Wine

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Serve in Snifter

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FoBAB 2010: Pours a murky light brown hue with an okay head and lace. The aroma has notes of rye, caramel, toffee, toasted bread, slight charred smoky barrel and vanilla bourbon with a hint of herbal and grassy hops. The taste starts with a smack of bourbon and alcohol before the rye character steps up and takes hold on the back of the palate. Sweet lush malts and light fleshy fruits round out the palate before a slight hop bitterness finds it’s way out of the wilderness. The finish displays an ashy oaky tone. The mouth feel is sticky and sharp, aggressive, biting and a quite warming, not for the meek. I like this for not masking the rye and integrating the barrel carefully. Well played Flossmoor, Bravo. This is one serious winter warmer.

Fairly certain this is what I had on tap @ Rev Brew opening party. Pours brown with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, caramel, wood. Little bit of spice to it and a little alcohol warmth. Very well done though.

On tap at brewpub. Pours brown with thick white head. Aroma is bourbon, spice, and caramel. Flavor is oak, bourbon, spice, caramel, and some vanilla. Very nice beer; I think the rye could be toned down, but a superb beer overall.

Draft at the brewery’s pre-DLD shindig. I thought it was pretty tasty but it did border on being sticky-sweet. Smaller amounts in a smaller snifter will serve you best.

Really excited to try this one, big thanks to a generous BA. Pours a dark chestnut brown that shows through a deep, clear copper when held up to light. The head is a thick beige cap hat recedes slowly. Aroma is really nice with an initial bourbon sweetness, definitely lots of barrel character. Caramel malts, treacle, overripe dark fruits and even some lighter fruit notes. Some molasses and chocolate notes. Taste is also heavily alcoholic with lots of bourbon notes, vanilla nd lots of oak. There is some caramelized brown sugar, caramel malts and pears. The finish is boozy with a hefty burn. The mouthfeel is smooth but with a spicy, barrel-heavy character. Nice creamy feel. The aroma really had me excited, world class almost, but the taste is just a step below. It’s still one hell of a beer, but still very hot with a ton of booze.

Bottle 22fl.oz.

Unclear matt medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, bread, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, alcohol - bourbon, licorice konfekt. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20120202]

dark sepia, thin beige ring, small head. Nose is paper, almond, brown sugar. Flavor is more almond skin, brown sugar, heavy toffee sweetness through finish. Bit slick for the body but decently integrated.

650mL silver waxthanks to ygtbsm94. Tawny, clear, amber pour with lower carbonation. Sweeter maple nose with richer, buttery bourbon. Taste is tangy, maple, pretty light feeling, with thicker ganache. Richer palate. Not too sticky sweet. Muted fruitiness. Nice stuff.

Bottle shared by ygtbsm94. Pours clear tawny with a small, fizzy off-white head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is toast and caramel malt, vanilla and oak, dates and plums. Flavor is malt dominant, dark fruity esters, vanilla and bourbon, no hops with a sweet finish. Full body, high warmth and medium carbonation.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with thin, fizzy beige head; short retention and no lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, bourbon, smoke, dark fruit, earthy notes, and maple. Flavor is balanced malt and dark fruit esters with supporting woody notes; dry, semi-sweet finish. Medium body, carbonation, and warmth.

22oz bottle thanks to thirdeye11. Drank side by side with the regular version. Deep brownish amber brew with some white head. Nose of oak, toffee, vanilla, and brown sugar. Flavor of dark fruit, wood, caramel malt, and a sublte hop bite. The rye is subdued quite a bit from the original brew.